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C. W. WILLIAMS. MILITARY SHELTER TENT AND CLOTHING ROLL COMBINED.

No. 596,767. Patented Jan. 4, 1898.

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CHARLES W. YVILLIAMS, OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

MILITARY SHELTER-TENT AND CLOTHING-ROLL CQMBINED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,767, dated January4, 1898.

Application filed November 13, 1897. Serial No. 658,361! (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, CHARLES W. VVILLIAMS, major United States Army, and aresident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aMilitary Shelter-Tent and Glothing-Roll Cornbined, of which thefollowing is a specification; and I hereby state that the inventiondescribed herein when patented may be used by the Government or any ofits oificers or eniployees in the prosecution of the work for theGovernment or by any person in the United States without the payment ofany royalty thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in military shelter-tents andclothing-rolls combined; and the object of this invention is to providemeans upon the common form of shelter-tent now in use in the UnitedStates Army by which straps can be attached at either side of saidshelter-tent. These tents are composed of half-tents, and each of suchhalftents is adapted to be carried by a soldier. hen the half-tent isrolled, the straps must be on the outside and the blankets and otherarticlesmust be in contact with the inside thereof. These tents areconstructed with triangular flaps at one end to form a closure in thecompleted tent, an opposite edge to engage another half-tent, and astrap edge to engage a third half-tent to form the top. If the strapsare permanently attached to one side only, the half-tents all beinguniform, when the completed tent is pitched the straps of one half mustcome inside and those of the other half outside to cause the triangularflaps and edges to join as above stated. This would necessitate theexposure of different sides of the half-tents to the weather, and hencewhen rolled the placing of the exposed and generally moist side of onehalf-tent out of every two in'contact with the blankets and otherarticles. taching four or more gromets or eyelets adjacent to that edgeof the half-tent which is encloth at each gromet, it is obvious that astrap can be passed under the said rib from either This defect I avoidby atside of the tent and be held in its proper position ready for usewhen the tent is rolled, so that a dry side can always be in contactwith the contents of the roll.

In the drawings forming a part of this ap plication similarreference-letters designate similar parts throughout the several Views.

Figure I illustrates a standard half -tent provided with my improvedgromets and eyelets. Fig. II shows an eyelet. Fig. III is a View of aportion of the tent with a strap passing through the eyelet. Fig. IVshows the half-tent rolled and placed on a soldier as in actualpractice.

H is the half-tent, provided with the buttons A and buttonholes B, bywhich the halves are attached when the tent is pitched. At the cornersand middle of the bottom are holes I, provided with eyelets for ropes.While I have called these parts half-tents, they are not necessarily so,as it is generally the custoln to attach four of them together, thusmaking each part a quarter and pot a half tent. In. order to enable thisto be done, buttons and buttonholes are placed at the end opposite tothe triangular flap.

This tent, as above described, is in all respects similar to thestandard shelter-tent issued to the United States army and forms no partof my invention.

At the edge of the tent are elongated perforations J. Four areshown,though more or less may be used, as is considered desirable.Secured to the edges of these openings by means of threads, as clearlyshown in Fig. III, is the gromet or eyelet C, provided with outside barsD and F, and parallel to these and in the same plane is the bar E.

K is a strap, which is preferably made of the same material as the tent,passed through the eyelet, over the bars D and F, and under the bar E.(See Fig. III.) It is obvious that this strap may be placed on eitherside of the tent. At one end of this strap is the ordinary clamp-buckleL, and the strap is made long enough to reach around the tent whenrolled and be engaged by the buckle. It is necessary to remove the strapwhen it is to be changed from one-side of the half-tent to the other;but otherwise it need not be disturbed.

The operation is as follows: The four halttents which usually cometogether to form a completed tent are habitually carried with theirstraps rove through the eyelet in such a Way that theywill all comeoutside the tent proper, and if anychange inlthe fours should take placethe straps are correspondingly changed before the tent is pitched. Whenthe tent is struck, each half-tent having its strap already on theoutside is rolled and the straps properly fastened, the strap at the endpassing around both rolls, as shown in Fig. IV.

My invention enables all tents to be of identical make, to be providedwith straps, and at the same time permits the insideof the pitched tentto contact with the contents of the roll, a result heretoforeunattained.

Having thus described the structure and use of my invention, What Idesire to cover by Letters Patent is set forth in the annexed claims:

1. A half-tent provided with tongued eyelets adjacent to one edge, incombination with straps adapted to pass between the tongues and sides ofthe said eyelets on either side of the said tent to enable the said tentto be rolled with its Weather side out after having been joined witheither half-tents of uniform make, to constitute a complete tent,substantially as described.

2. The combination of a plurality of half- 0

